Orff, Carl - Astutuli

“Astutuli” are the cheeky super-bright people who get taken all too easily by a clever con-man. Nobody wants to be the dumb one; thus, the audience first lose a healthy sense of truth, then they lose their clothes and their purses and eventually all their dignity. “Everything is make-believe!” shouts the entertainer before disappearing with his accomplice and the loot. It’s a rascal’s tale, a story of deception, which is both fascinating and amusing. But behind all that – and unnoticeable until the very end – we find deceit, spoon-feeding and theft. All this is presented in Carl Orff’s “rootsy” and powerful Bavarian style – both linguistically and musically. – This recent DVD edition “Carl Orff” presents a new view of the significant 20th-century composer Carl Orff (1895–1982).   Conductor: Mark Mast  Stage Director: Hellmuth Matiasek  Assistant director: Theo G. Kobler  Stage and costumes: Thomas Pekny  Lights: Georg Boeshenz  Assistant choreographers: Günter Pick, Carlos Carasquilla  Choir production: Gernot Schwickert, Mark Mast starring:  Michael Schanze (as The Entertainer), Winfried Hübner, Christoph Gehr, Michael Schlenger ... Ensemble of the World Theatre Choirs Andechs  Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Performance: Florian-Stadl (Florian Barn), Kloster Andechs (Andechs Monastery), Orff in Andechs Festival   A B.O.A. VIDEOFILMKUNST Munich production, Regie/Director: Peider A. Defilla German with English subtitles Dolby Digital 5.1 DVD-9 / 105 min. regional code: 0 (PAL, colour) frame size: 16 : 9